Question about hair

InnerFatGirl

Usually adding a colour (darker) can help to rehydrate and condition it.

Wait, she's just told us she's over chemically processed her hair and you're suggesting she chemically processes it further?

Are you being serious?

InnerFatGirl

If you would like to try a home remedy, I've done this on my son who has very coarse hair. Mix a tablespoon of baking soda in a cup of hot water, as hot as you can stand it, and pour it on your already wet hair. It's best to use a squirt bottle. You can use more if you have a lot of hair. Let it sit on your hair for about 5 minutes, then rinse it all out with cold water, as cold as you can stand it. It made my sons hair so soft! Shampoo builds up on your hair after a while which can also make it coarse. Good luck!

Shampoo, unless loaded with water insoluble cones, doesn't build up on your hair enough to make it coarse.

Pouring hot water on your hair is not good for it - it is damaging. Warm or cold water only.

Baking soda is not a good idea for already damaged hair.

InnerFatGirl

Check out the long hair community forums as they really have great information on hair care.
http://www.longhaircommunity.com/

I use coconut oil and I dont use shampoo at all, only condition only washes. I have definately seen an improvement in my hair.

Hey! I'm a member there. Hello, fellow LHC'er

InnerFatGirl

My hair is long and dry. The ends use to feel like straw. I would trim it regularly but to no avail. I keep it in a pony tail mostly. When I have time once a week I coat the pony tail in olive oil. Wear an old t shirt so it doesn't get oil stains on it. I let it sit for hours. Sometimes I put a towel down on my pillow and sleep with it on. Coconut oil will do the same but it's more expensive and I'm not wasting it on my hair. I also started to eat more healthy fats. Every time I eat I ensure I have a healthy fat. If not I take a fish oil supplement. My hair is wonderful now.

I'm not sure where you're based but my coconut oil only costs £1.99. I would suggest, if you're not already doing so, looking for coconut oil in the food section. Just make sure it's 100%.

Medea81

find a Regis salon (they also own those SmartStyle salons in Wal-Mart) and find their Olive Oil line (green) and buy the deep conditioner. Towel dry your hair, put on conditioner, put plastic bag on head (yes, you will look idiotic) and hit with a blow dryer on a warm. once your head feels nice and steamy, leave on your hair for about 10 minutes, then rinse. I did a trick like this when I bleached out part of my hair, I did the treatment about 3 times a week for 3 weeks, my hair felt great afterwards.
Good Luck!

diinva

Pure coconut oil works wonders!!

grrrlface

Your salon is the best place to go. They can give you real, professional, personal advice. No one on here can give you the exact answer you need, a stylist needs to see it.

In the meantime shampoo with a good quality shampoo for coloured hair, try finding one for 'course' hair types. Same with the conditioner. They will penetrate the hair deeper and give more nourishment where it is damaged.

A good leave in conditioner will also bring back much needed moisture.

If it is heavily damaged through chemicals there maybe no other option that to cut it. Over processed colour opens and breaks the cuticle which then leave your hair open to the elements and irreversable damage.

Jules0336

I had the exact thing happen to me after stripping my hair and adding colour. My hair was fine for a few days and then it went really dry and frizzy. I went back to the salon and was told to get Moroccan Oil Restorative Hair Mask - it worked perfectly

_KatieKat

nexxus emergencee saved my hair and I use the biosilk shampoo and conditioner, its fabulous

SPNLuver83

trim the tips. this is a must. i know you don't want to cut, but you gotta trim them split ends off or no matter what you do your hair will still look fried.

that being said, ARGON OIL. this stuff is seriously amazing. one 'n only brand at sally's. I try many products but always go back to this cuz it works!

ali_b83

Extra virgin olive oil is a great leave in conditioner. Plus most people already have it. I'm sure coconut oil is great too, that stuff is magical.

ashypoo03

Aveda.. Damage Repair

JadeRabbit08

Check out the long hair community forums as they really have great information on hair care.
http://www.longhaircommunity.com/

I use coconut oil and I dont use shampoo at all, only condition only washes. I have definately seen an improvement in my hair.

Hey! I'm a member there. Hello, fellow LHC'er

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Edited to add coconut oil I buy the pure stuff for $10 a jar and it lasts forever if its just for hair.

CallieM15

Sulfate free shampoos.
Hot oil treatments
NO more heat products or dying.

Rex1612

I'm a hairstylist and I have dealt with this problem many times. I really like Moroccan Oil products and Joico K-Pax also.

Joico K-Pax, suggested to me by a new stylist, made all my hair break off about 5" long I had beautiful long hair and then I followed her advice.

I went back to my original stylist even though she's a 4 hour drive from me. I make a weekend trip out of it every time I need to get my hair done. Evidently Joico K-Pax has a lot of protein in it, which can make hair brittle... and break off.

K-Pax didn't make your hair break off, dry, brittle ends or split ends made it break off. Protein is good for your hair. I've been doing hair for over 12 years and I have dealt with hair breakage and fried hair from over-processing and K-Pax has helped in several (maybe not all) instances. I have never, ever seen it break off hair.

Rex1612

Get your ends trimmed every 4 - 6 weeks, within a few months your hair will start to look and feel a lot better.

^In regards to this, only trim if you have split ends. You do not need to get your ends trimmed every 4-6 weeks. You need a trim when your ends are split.

If you don't have a massive amount of split ends, you can do what I do and do a 'S&D'. A search and destroy is when you look through your hair at the individual strands, and chop off any splits you find. I do this on a regular basis to get rid of splits without losing length or unecessarily trimming off healthy hair.

If hair is breaking, then trimming is the only way to get it looking healthy again. You can not repair damaged hair. Once it's damaged, it will never get back to healthy.

RedHeadDevotchka

Update...I went into like walgreens and found a cleansing conditioner (I was researching wen onlineand someone suggested a cheaper brand by salon grafix). My hair feels a ton better! I will still probably experiment with some of the products suggested, and olive oil. I have never had this problem with dyeing, it was just when I stripped it. But now I am freaked out to dye it. No more dyeing my hair!! Lesson learned!

LatinaButterfly

@RedHead

Glad you found something to help you out! Back in April I got a body wave perm and the lady FRIED my hair, I mean it was BAD. Major breakage, it felt and looked like a Brillo pad and I was freaking out! So I went on the great search for what could repair my hair just short of shaving my head. A lady at Sally Beauty Supply told me about "One 'n Only" Argan Oil Restorative Mask. It's a 8.5 oz tube that sells for $10.00 and OMG it worked wonders! I used it everyday for a month and it completely repaired my hair! Just thought I'd mention it in case you need something later on.

LatinaButterfly

LOL! I just went back and looked through this thread and saw that 2 other people already mentioned Argan Oil!

PunkyRachel

I still color my hair some, just got highlights right now. I have dyed and fried my hair so many times. I personally use "Ion repair solutions, Effective Care Treatment" for about a week or two after each coloring, depending on how damaged my hair is. Then just go back to using my shampoo only, I use "pert plus 2in1 deep conditioning".